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Thank You
Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 08:34
by StevieC
This plane is fantastic, with my many trips to liverpool airport, I used to hope I would see a Emerald 748 in action, This plane is the best add on I have used in 12 years of simming, Thank You very much!!
Whats next?
Does the BAe ATP count as a classic yet?
Steven
Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 08:41
by DispatchDragon
Stevie
On behalf of the 748 team thank you - we all hope you have as much fun with it as we did getting it born :roll:, and welcome to the forum
just ignore some of us old curmodgeons - it is, without a doubt, probably the livielest and informative place on the FS circuit
Leif
And the most famous for poor spelling
Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 10:02
by migman29
Steven wrote:
Does the BAe ATP count as a classic yet?
Oh Lordy,not the sh*tting dog
Mark :-({|=
Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 21:43
by Jetset
migman29 wrote:Steven wrote:
Does the BAe ATP count as a classic yet?
Oh Lordy,not the sh*tting dog
Mark :-({|=
:shock: Mark please!
The s*******g Dog
Posted: 30 Apr 2006, 09:01
by StevieC
Just taken my beagle for his morning "walk", resembled an ATP ready for take off
Re: The s*******g Dog
Posted: 30 Apr 2006, 10:04
by Motormouse
StevieC wrote:Just taken my beagle for his morning "walk", resembled an ATP ready for take off
Y'mean made lots of noise and leaked oil everywhere...I'd take it to the vets matey
ttfn
Pete
Re: The s*******g Dog
Posted: 30 Apr 2006, 19:17
by migman29
StevieC wrote:Just taken my beagle for his morning "walk", resembled an ATP ready for take off
See what I mean,see what I mean
.
We had a guy working with us a couple of years back who'd served his
time on 'em at Woodford.
That's the name they gave'em.
Mark :-({|=
Posted: 30 Apr 2006, 20:44
by Andy B
Why was the ATP such a flop? Am I right in assuming poorly designed landing gear seeing as they usually collapsed on touchdown. :roll:
Posted: 01 May 2006, 10:54
by Motormouse
Andy B wrote:Why was the ATP such a flop? Am I right in assuming poorly designed landing gear seeing as they usually collapsed on touchdown. :roll:
No, it wasn't because of landing gear.
In a nutshell,its' because it wasn't the great leap forward from the 748
that everyone hoped for. It didn't have a large freight door,so it couldn't be flown passengers by day, freight by night like the 748, the early version of the engine and its electrical control computer was unreliable,which didn't help despatch regularity figures (it earned the nickname Skoda, later changed to Yugo;as in you go tell ops its' u/s!), and its' first generation glass cockpit wasn't much better either; at a time when airlines that would have liked a "748 GT" wanted a cheap to run and maintain do-it-all plane it was expensive,simple as that.
ttfn
Pete
Posted: 01 May 2006, 17:22
by Andy B
Thanks for the info Pete.
